The Great Britain government’s GBP3 billion pound clean air strategy has not impressed environmental campaigners there, who claim that it is not “fast enough or far enough”. The move includes the banning of petrol- and diesel-powered cars by 2040, and sweeping powers to local councils to improve air quality, but does not include any form of scrappage scheme that the environmentalists had been baying for.
Our Automologist KEVIN thinks NOT and here are his 10 reasons why you should get one!
You might say that the “unexceptionality” of these cars is what makes them exceptional, but you probably won’t find our Automologist MAC at this motor show…ever.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced that it will be siting its first non-British engine factory in China. The Indian-owned but British-crafted up-market car company has a pre-existing relationship with China’s Chery, and the new plant is seen as an extension of that relationship.
American maker of red wagons and tricycles for kids, Radio Flyer, has announced that it will be adding a driveable Landspeeder to its product line, and we say “it’s about time!”. After all, it’s been 40 years since audiences were introduced to this imaginary land transport concept.
An all-electric prototype car is starting to make Tesla look like the economical option in the electric car segment. Lucid Air makes riding in a Tesla feel like mere business class, while it is a private executive jet, which is exactly the inspiration for its designers.